Office of the commissioner for fundamental rights of hungary

2014: Doctor of the Academy of Sciences – D.Sc. (in Environmental Law), Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1998: Habilitation, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (Hungary)

1990: C.Sc., Hungarian Academy of Sciences (equivalent of a Ph.D.)

1973–1978: Legal studies, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

21 Febr. 2017 – : Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ombudsman for Future Generations

2015 – : Director of the Doctorate School, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)

2003–2007: Dean, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)

2000 – : lecturer at post-graduate training programmes for expert lawyers and non-law graduates, PPKE JÁK Deák Ferenc Further Education Institute, Budapest (Hungary)

1998 – : Head of the Environmental and Competition Law Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)

1996–2010: Professor of Environmental Law, Technical University of Budapest (Hungary)

1995–2018 (not practicing as of 1 March 2017): Attorney-at-law, Budapest Chamber of Lawyers, Budapest (Hungary)

1992 – : lecturer at post-graduate training programmes for expert lawyers and non-law graduates, ELTE Further Legal Education Institute, Budapest (Hungary)

1992–1998: Scientific Director, Conference of European Rectors, COPERNICUS Environmental Law Programme, Budapest (Hungary)

1992–2012: Founder and President, Environmental Management and Law Association, Budapest (Hungary)

1990–1992: Secretary General, Hungarian Lawyers Association, Budapest (Hungary)

1989–2012: Professor of Public Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)

1983–1990: Secretary, Hungarian Lawyers Association, Budapest (Hungary)

1978–1982: Scientific Research Fellow, Agricultural University, Gödöllő (Hungary)

2024 – : Deputy Chairman of the Committe of Legal Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2022 – : Member of the Presidential Sustainable Development Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2019 – : Chairman of the Procedural Committee of the Doctoral Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2019 – : Chairman of the Habilitation and Doctoral Committee of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University

2015 – : Chairman of the Habilitation and Doctoral Committee of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Doctoral School of Law

2015 – : Chairman of the Advisory Body of Pro Futuro legal review

2015 – : Deputy Chairman and since 2018 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Protection of Minority Rights

2014–2016: Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the FIDE XXVII Congress, Budapest (Hungary)

2011–2017: Member of the National Environmental Council, Budapest (Hungary), between 2014-2016 Chairman of the same, between 2016-2017 Deputy Chairman

2014 – : member of the Presidential Committee of Environmental Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)

2012 – : Honorary President, Environmental Management and Law Association, Budapest (Hungary)

2012: expert, European Commission Directorate-General Environment, Budapest (Hungary)

2012: evaluation expert, European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels (Belgium)

2011 – : member of the Committee of Legal Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)

2010 – : Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)

2008 – : Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lósy Imre Foundation for the Faculty of Law of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, acting next to the same Faculty

2008–2009: key expert 2, Regional Environmental Centre (Turkey)

2007–2014: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Lawyers Association, Budapest (Hungary)

2006 – : Head of the Jean Monnet Chair on EU Environmental Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)

2006 – : member of the Conseil du Droit Européen de l'Environnement

2005–2013: President of the Hungarian Society for Bioethics, Budapest (Hungary)

2004–2007: legal expert, DHV Water BV, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)

2004–2005: legal expert, DHV Water BV, Skopje (Macedonia)

2004: legal expert, DHV Water BV, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)

2003–2013: between 2003-2005 Vice President of the Hungarian Society for Bioethics, Budapest (Hungary), between 2005-2013 President of the same

2003–2007: President of the Environmental Law Committee of the Hungarian Lawyers Association, Budapest (Hungary)

2002–2006: President of the editorial board of Environmental Protection Review

2002: senior legal advisor, Booz-Allen & Hamilton (Stability Pact – Sava River Initiative), South East Europe

2002: senior legal expert, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, South East Europe

2001 – : member of the editorial board of European Law Review

2000 – : President of UNEP Hungarian National Committee

2000 – : member of the Informal Working Group of European Environmental Lawyers, ‘Avosetta’

2000–2001: lead codifier (Environmental Law), consortium led by Umweltbundesamt GmbH Wien (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1994–2000: member of the Presidential Committee of Environmental Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)

1992–2011: member of the Committee of Public Administration, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)

1992–2012: Founder and President of the Environmental Management and Law Association, Budapest (Hungary)

1991–1992: Secretary General of the Hungarian Lawyers Association

1991 – : member of the International Council of Environmental Law

1991 – : member of the IUCN Commission of Environmental Law, major projects

2016: Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order

2016: Environmental Protection Lifetime Achievement Award – awarded by the Society of Environmental Protection Professionals

2013: Iustitia Regnorum Fundamentum Award – awarded by the Ombudsman of Hungary

2010: Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – awarded by the EU (Faculty of Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University)

2010: Pázmány Péter Plaquette – awarded by Pázmány Péter Catholic University

2007: Pázmány Péter Medal – awarded by Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

2006: Jean Monnet Professor of EU Environmental Law – awarded by the EU (Faculty of Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University)

2005: Szalay László Award – awarded by the Hungarian Lawyers Association

2005: Pázmány Péter Higher Education Award – awarded by the Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Public Foundation

Hungarian: native speaker

English: advanced level

French: intermediate level

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